JAMAICA

Alia Atkinson became the first black woman to win a world swimming title when she triumphed in the 100m breaststroke at the world short-course championships in Doha on Saturday as more records tumbled.
Jamaican Atkinson, 25, claimed the title and equalled Ruta Meilutyte's world record of 1min 02.36sec in the process...

New Delhi: Envoys of five nations on Tuesday met President Pranab Mukherjee in New Delhi and formally intimated him that they have taken charge, Rashtrapati Bhavan said.
"Envoys of Djibouti, Latvia, Vietnam, Georgia and Jamaica presented their credentials to Mukherjee at a ceremony held in Rashtrapati Bhavan today (Tuesday)," said a...

Bangalore: Laughing off questions on potential challengers, Jamaican sprint legend Usain Bolt turned on the charm offensive on his maiden trip to India, throwing humility out of the window to declare that his records are pretty much out of reach.
Bolt will play a sevenaside exhibition match against a team which...

Bangalore: Jamaican sprint superstar Usain Bolt will make his maiden visit to India early next month, not to race but to compete in a cricket faceoff against India discard Yuvraj Singh here.
Both the Puma ambassadors are coming together for the event on September 2, organised by the sportswear giants at...

Barbados Tridents have stormed into the final of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL), whipping reigning champions Jamaica Tallawahs by 88 runs in a dramatic final game of the preliminary league phase.
Opting to bat at Warner Park here on Sunday, Tridents were lifted to 175 for eight off their 20 overs...

Kingston: Captain Chris Gayle has praised his teammates in Jamaica Tallawahs for achieving the goal of winning all three of their home matches in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL).
The Tallawahs made a clean sweep of matches in front their home crowd by beating the Antigua Hawksbills, Guyana Amazon Warriors and...

London: Jamaican sprint king Usain Bolt says he wants to concentrate on smashing the 19second barrier for the 200 metres following his cameo appearance in the Commonwealth Games.
The 27yearold Bolt, double Olympic champion in 100m and 200m and a fivetimes world individual champion, wants to take his 200m world record...

Kingston: Andre Russell blasted a huge six off the last ball of the game to crown an amazing halfcentury and Jamaica Tallawahs snatched an exciting sixwicket victory over Guyana Amazon Warriors, in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) here.
In a rematch of last season's final, the defending champions Tallawahs chased down...

Glasgow: Sixtime Olympic champion Usain Bolt anchored Jamaica to the men's 4x100m title at the Commonwealth Games at Hampden Park on Saturday.
The Jamaican quartet of Jason Livermore, Kemar BaileyCole, Nickel Ashmeade and Bolt clocked a Commonwealth record of 37.58 seconds for the gold.
England took silver and Trinidad & Tobago finished...

Glasgow: Sixtimes Olympic champion Usain Bolt steered Jamaica to a comfortable victory in their 4x100 metres relay heat in front of an expectant crowd at the Commonwealth Games on Friday.
The towering sprinter, an eighttimes world champion, ran the final leg as Jamaica easily qualified for Saturday's final in a time...

Jamaican Kemar BaileyCole won the Commonwealth Games 100 metres gold medal in a time of 10.00 seconds on Monday.
BaileyCole made a slow start out of the blocks at Hampden Park but his long stride helped him claw his way back into the main group at the midway point.
With 10 metres...

Kingston: Sixtimes Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt and his coach Glen Mills believe the Jamaican sprinter can run even faster as he targets the 2015 world championships and the 2016 Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro.
It has been five years since Bolt set the 100m world record of 19.58 seconds...

Sixtimes Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt says he is ready to put in a good showing in the sprint relay at the Commonwealth Games after recovering from foot surgery and a hamstring injury.
The Jamaican, who missed nine weeks of training after surgery on his left foot in March, told Reuters...

North Carolina: Usain Bolt will return to Rio de Janeiro next month to run a special 100 metres on the beach, he said on his website on Sunday, but the Jamaican world record holder is now unlikely to race against Justin Gatlin this year.
The six times Olympic gold medallist added...

Kenyan Silas Kiplagat shocked compatriot Asbel Kiprop to become the fourthfastest 1,500 metres runner of all time at a sizzling Monaco Diamond League meeting on Friday.
Kiplagat broke through to run a yearleading three minutes, 27.64 seconds and surprise twotime world champion Kiprop, who was attempting to break Hicham El Guerrouj's...

Antigua: A women's rights group here has condemned as "sexist" remarks made by Jamaica Tallawahs captain Chris Gayle to a female journalist at a media conference.
And the group, Women Against Rape (WAR) headed by gender equity advocate Alexandrina Wong, has also criticised the response by the Caribbean Premier League (CPL)...

Monaco: World and Olympic champion ShellyAnn FraserPryce believes last weekend's Glasgow Grand Prix was a turning point in her comeback from injury, and is hoping to continue improving for the rest of the season.
The Jamaican was speaking ahead of her outing on Friday, where she will contest the 100 metres...

St. George's (Grenada): The United States based Chalak Mitra Group (CMG) are the new franchise owners of reigning Caribbean Premier League (CPL) Champions, Jamaica Tallawahs, organisers have announced.
The announcement was made here after the Tallawahs posted a thrilling opening round victory over St. Lucia Zouks at the national stadium...

Jamaican sprinters Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpson have had their 18 month drug suspensions cut to six months and are free to continue competing, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said on Monday.
"The CAS decided to reduce their period of ineligibility to six months, which has been already served,"...

A man walked into a Queens McDonald's with a knife sticking out of his back, staining his white shirt with blood, while chatting on his cellphone.
The diners alerted the police and he was taken to a hospital where he is said to be serious, the New York Post and...

London: Sprint superstar Usain Bolt has delayed his debut on the international circuit this season, after pulling out of the Ostrava Golden Spike and Paris Diamond League.
The World and Olympic champion announced he would miss the June 17 outing in the Czech Republic and the July 5 Meeting Areva at...

Olympic silver medallist Yohan Blake made it a perfect trip to the inaugural IAAF World Relays as he anchored Jamaica to a triumphant run in the 4x100 metres relay on Sunday.
A night after leading a Jamaican team to a world record in the 4x200 relay, Blake brought his countrymen home...

Paris: Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt is set to make his return to the track next month, around the middle of the international track and field season.
Bolt is due to compete in Ostrava in the Czech Republic June 17, a late start for the Jamaican sprinter recovering from a foot...

Kingston: Jamaican Asafa Powell has described as "unfair and patently unjust" an 18-month drugs ban handed to him by the Jamaican Anti-Doping Commission, and says he will appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Following the judgment on Thursday by the three-member disciplinary panel, the sprint star took to the...

Former 100 metres world record holder Asafa Powell was banned for 18 months by a Jamaican anti-doping disciplinary panel on Thursday after he tested positive for a banned substance last year.
The Jamaican sprinter, 31, tested positive for the stimulant oxilophrine at last year's national championships and the ban has been...

Athens Olympics relay champion Sherone Simpson has been suspended for 18 months after testing positive for the banned stimulant oxilofrine during last June's Jamaican trials.
Simpson was the second Jamaican athlete to be handed a doping ban on Tuesday as Olympic discus thrower Allison Randall was suspended for two years after...

Kingston: Former Australia cricket coach Mickey Arthur will take charge of defending champions Jamaica Tallawahs for the upcoming Caribbean Premier League (CPL).
The organisers confirmed that the South African, who also coached the Proteas for several years, will replace Englishman Paul Nixon. The Tallawahs beat Guyana Amazon Warriors in the final...

Kingston: Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell, who tested positive for a banned substance last year, told a disciplinary panel on Tuesday he did not list the supplements he was taking because he could not remember their names.
The former world 100 metres record holder, who faces a twoyear ban if found guilty...

Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt said on Saturday that controversy over Jamaica's antidoping programme is scaring off potential sponsors and costing him money.
"There is a lot going on with this drug thing that I really feel they need to be clear [about] and clarify because now it is causing problems...

Usain Bolt, the world's fastest man, joined world high jump champion Bohdan Bondarenko and double Olympic and world 10,000 and 5,000 metres champion Mo Farah on the shortlist for the male Athlete of the Year award announced on Monday.
Bolt, who has won the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) award...